russia's state duma is set to take up the constitutional changes proposed by president vladimir putin critics fear the reforms could see him cling on to power even after he leaves office. next peiser thanks for joining us. italy has extended its ante coronavirus measures with a lot down of the entire country italian prime minister just said big country says that from tuesday morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of italy not just the north as before he says people need to simply stay at home all sporting events are also to be called a corona virus has killed more than 460 people across the country. and for the latest we're joined from the land by journalist sylvia but carty sylvia is this a surprise well it is a surprise of course it is shocking but at the same time many people were calling for something like this so the region's all the presidents of their regions in and in egypt you were asking for an entire closure say has been a surprise but at the same time it was kind of expected and how are telling people reacting in there well i think also the same time people ex

putin, vladimir putin can turn this on and off at will.ssure on vladimir putin to stop you will share in the refugee crisis that are massacring idlib within gender. it is four years since the eu struck a deal with the turkish president. he said, i will help you but you have got to support me, too. what sane is there that the european union is prepared to do more than they have done so far? this is a wake—up call on the part of the turkish president. the european union has the capacity to pressure vladimir putin. it could start to impose targeted economic sanctions on the senior russian officials who are responsible for this large—scale indiscriminate bombardment in the idlib province of syria. it could cut off arms sales by the principal russian arms exporter. there are things europeans could do which are not about military action, but could put targeted, tough pressure on vladimir putin to get him to stop the indiscriminate bombardment and the potential large—scale bloodshed that would create a new refugee crisis. you have used the word c

he later criticized the corruption under vladimir putin and. the funeral procession from that soft turned into a protest march against putin. but the russian president denied any responsibility for the killing. of 52 year old engineer wants to make sure the murder isn't forgotten. at the start i wrote a poem for an answer. in full. the public should be your reward for telling the truth was getting hit with 4 bullets to go. like boris nemtsov hopes that post communist russia would develop into a democratic society. he's never belonged to a political party included. but he's protesting against what he views as a politically motivated murder. there are people at the top who can contract their subordinates to murder opposition leaders. of today were governed by terrorists. that. once a week holds a night long vigil. his daughter and son in law worry about. how come back safe and sound which turns journalists as you say that many call us from the police station to come get you truly are no the police department well. exactly and that's not the only

putin is shaking up russia's constitution. >> russian president vladimir putin has suggested that henot against a proposed amendment to the constitution that could keep him in power for many years. >> vladimir putin came to parliament and said if the constitutional court says yes, then it should be possible for the current president, him, to run again. and that means he could run for two more terms in office, that's 12 more years of vladimir putin, he could be in power until 2036. >> trevor: yes, vladimir putin is trying to change the constitution so that he can stay in power long after he's supposed to leave. and that is bad but at least now america can see that there's nothing personal because russia even meddles in its own elections. that's big news. president putin is 67 years old. if he gets the additional terms, he'll only leave office when he's 83 years old, which is just young enough to run for president in america! ( laughter ) i do feel bad for the russian people who care about democracy, though, especially president putin's supporters. what do they chant at his rallies? yo

agreed to stop the fighting in syria's province it came after talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and turkish president regift have heard on the leaders back opposing sides a serious conflict and are trying to reduce tensions after turkish troops were reportedly killed by syrian forces last week but also coming up a standoff is growing over rip migrants and refugees at the border between turkey and greece turkey is deploying a 1000 special police officers to prevent greek border guards from pushing back people trying to enter europe. and a blockbuster ods exhibition opens in italy despite fears over the coronavirus it's 500 years since the death of rafał but you have to go to rome if you want to rub noses with this master of the renascence. i'm told me a lot of bull welcome to the program a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria turkish president regift type one and russian president vladimir putin have agreed to a cease fire for the country's lib region that came into force at midnight the deal will also create a security corridor or along. a key highway in nort

cracks that russian president vladimir putin could use. either as prime minister from within parliament itself or by using the reform to effectively restart his term in office it's now up to members of parliament to make a choice one that could determine the fate of russia for years to come. president putin's plan seems to be what. he wouldn't mind what comes next. well and now seems clear that the mere putin does intend to stay on as president rather than in one of those other roles though he will have to run again for that for that role in 2024 what happens next is that tomorrow there will be another reading of the bill on the amendments to this constitution in the duma today and the 2nd reading of the bill it passed with a huge moderate majority that's likely to happen again tomorrow and then the main thing to watch out for is a public vote that is set to take place in april on the constitutional amendments on the one hand people say that it's essential e a rubber stamp that it will be pretty much clear what changes are going to be made

and russia's state duma is set to take up the constitutional changes proposed by president vladimir putin critics fear the reforms could see him cling onto power to even after he leaves office. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us italy has extended its coronas by measures with a anti coronavirus measures with a law down on the entire country italian prime minister just to pick qantas says that as of this morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of it's late not just the north as before more than 9000 people are infected with the virus and more than 460 people have died across the country. and the restaurant chairs a common site now in italy which has extended its emergency coronavirus measures to cover the whole country public gatherings are banned only restaurants and cafes that guarantee customers can remain at least one meter parts can open and all must close at dusk on the eve of the bumped up measures taking hold the some dynas the last evening meal outs for a while. it's least prime minister outlined the measures and took the nation's youth to task. i am about to

became after talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and the turkish president want the leaders back opposing sides in syria's conflict and they are trying to reduce tensions after turkish troops were killed by syrian forces last week also coming up as violence in northwestern syria forces nearly a 1000000 people the fleet a standoff over migrants and refugees at the border between turkey and greece is growing turkey has deployed 1000 special forces there and to the united states former front runner and progressive champion elizabeth warren ends her campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. i will not be running for president in 2020 but i guarantee i will stay in the fight for all the hard working folks across this country have gotten the short end of the stick over now that's been the fight of my life and you will continue to be so indorsing one of her former rivals could reshape the race for the white house but warren says she's not ready to give her support to anyone not yet. i'm hearing golf it's good to have you with us there is a possible end to the fighting in

the european union does have the capacity to pressure vladimir putin.ted economic sanctions on the senior russian officials who are responsible for this large—scale indiscriminate bombardment syria's idlib province. it could cut off arms sales by the principal russian arms exporter. there are things europeans could do which are not about military action, but could put targeted, tough pressure on putin to get him to stop this indiscriminate bombardment and the potential large—scale bloodshed that would create a new refugee crisis. you've used the word "could" repeatedly. why isn't it happening? so far, the fighting in idlib has been basically in the southern part of the province. syrian forces are trying to retake two highways, one linking aleppo with damascus, one linking aleppo and latakia. there has been large—scale displacement within idlib, roughly a million people moving closer to the turkish border, but the fear is that russian and syrian forces are not going to simply stop with the highways but will continue further north. president assad wants t

hoping to secure a ceasefire in syria's if the province when he meets with his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow on thursday the leaders are expected to discuss the latest escalation in fighting between turkish and syrian government forces dozens of turkish troops were killed in an attack in the region last week let's go straight to sit in the who joins us live i believe from djibouti goes through on turkey's border with syria assam just tell us what else did president juan have to say. well the persons are gone is trying to keep the diplomatic door open for negotiations for their best turkey believes that russia is an important player in order to provide peace and security for those millions inside that but of course depending on the latest developments the relations have been a little bit have been tense in a while and the 2 leaders have gone into 2 were expected to meet but. there were rumors that they were not going to meet but finally it's announced by the turkish president said today that are going and putin are going to meet in moscow the russian capital on march the 5th w

hard by the pandemic the country's finance minister is warning cards we fly and russian president vladimir putin postpones a nationwide vote that would allow him to extend his rule he says it's because of the pentameter. i'm sorry kelly walk into the program india has become the latest and the largest country to introduce a nationwide lockdown in the fight against the coronavirus there's only been about 560 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in india but there are fears of the infection could spread quickly in its densely populated cities. they look like the streets of a quiet village but these are the roads of india's capital delhi on the 1st day of the coronavirus lockdown one spot celing bollywood film sets are empty. airlines are grounded travel restricted indians have been warned to take a 3 week stay at home order seriously it is then if these 21 days are not managed properly then the country and your family will be set back by 21 years is a lot that. crowds formed at pharmacies and shops following the prime minister's announcement safeguarding its supplies india has now banned exports of

agreed to stop the fighting in syria is province it came after talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and turkish president present time good one the leaders back opposing sides in serious conflict and are trying to reduce tensions after turkish troops were reportedly killed by syrian forces last week also coming up. a standoff is growing up migrants and refugees at the border between turkey and greece turkey is deploying a 1000 special troops to prevent greek border guards are pushing back people trying to enter europe. and in the u.s. formal front runner and progressive champion elizabeth warren entsch had come tame for the democratic presidential nomination. i will not be running for president in 2020 but i guarantee i will stay in the fight for the hard working folks across this country who have gotten short end of the stick over now but that's been the fight of my life and it will continue to be so endorsing ivo buddy santos or joe biden could be crucial in the race for the white house but she says she's not ready to give her support to anyone yet. i'm told me a lot of both

and turkey's president says he's hoping for a cease-fire in idlib after peace talks with vladimir putin scheduled for thursday. ever reporter is standing by on the turkey border with syria. ofo coming up, the impact the covid-19 outbreak on the global economy is deepening. year'sd has slashed this economic outlook and warns it could be even lolower. stay with us. more to come. we are live in paris. ♪ we began with the latest on the coronavirus and the death toll from the epidemic has risen past 3000, whwhile the number of infections stand at over 89,000. the majority of cases remain in mainland china, but new inflations are increasing in south korea, iran, and italy. let's get the report. infectionspike in and italy as officials announced just under 1700 people have contracted the coronavirus. increase of almost 50% on the previous tally. >> [translator] we're still seeing an acceleration on the number of new cases, and this is due to the fact that containment measures were put in place a week ago and the average incubation time is around 46 days. we have to wait at least another week t

pleasure to have you along everyone turkish president rich a thai air to wine and russian president vladimir putin are holding talks at the criminal the spiraling violence in northwestern syria or turkey and russia have troops on the ground there but they're supporting opposing sides right. supports the syrian government or turkey has backed rebels fighting the assad regime well as he arrived in a moscow earlier one priest which he called good relations with russia turkey once to agree to a cease fire during the meeting to ease the situation in the province recent weeks of escalating military action in the promise have left dozens of turkish troops did and recent concerns that russian intervention forces could end up in direct confrontation. and we can take you now to do. is in the moscow monitoring those talks for you emily what are these leaders trying to signal with this meeting well ahead of their talks both leaders talked about the importance of easing tensions in ad libbed and as you mentioned ed on the head of the meeting said that there would be that he hoped for a cease fire ahead o

to stop the fighting in syria is it live province it came after talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and turkish president project i've heard one of the leaders backed opposing sides in serious conflict and are trying to reduce tensions after turkish troops were reportedly killed by syrian forces last week also coming up thousands of migrants hoping to enter the european union are stuck at turkey's border with greece and cranes deploying a 1000 special police officers to prevent record of god from pushing back the migrants. plus under lockdown italy takes drastic measures closes schools and universities across the country after the number of deaths from the coronavirus surpasses $100.00. and told me all logical welcome to the program a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria turkish president and russian president vladimir putin have agreed to a cease fire for the countries it live region came into force at midnight the deal will also create a security corridor along a key highway in northern syria it was announced after a lengthy talks between the 2 leaders in mosco

russian president vladimir putin is backing changes that could see him stay in power for another 16 is it could mean he'll turn 83 before his presidency ends his term expires in 2024 when the next election is due putin says the constitutional court would need to approve the changes. astray views high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the $990.00 s. hell is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children those are the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after the listening post. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own home and that call means a lot of the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we're living. with a slogan that whatever the problem is of course jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. has played. 33 years so you go for that because it all of getting out of the. w

vladimir putin says he's open to staying in power if that's what the people want in a public vote on a new constitution next month. also to come the old price crash is the most since the $9091.00 gulf war after saudi arabia says it will slash crude rates to snatch market share from russia also. by its rights in death sweep this leaves prisons after the state strict response to the spread of the growing virus and commonwealth currency for the u.k. army for years what they call the grave injustice of facing deportation from britain is a costly and complicated immigration. they're just gone 5 pm in moscow you watching r.t. international have not been repeated in hasn't ruled out staying in power if that's what the people didn't made the suggestion as the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution however the president did say it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month so let's get more details joins me in the studio now what did mr putin actually say well he this is this is all in all a justification for these constitutional amendments that are being pu

so much for your company everyone turkish president red chip tayyip erdogan and russian president vladimir putin are holding talks at the kremlin on the spiraling violence in northwestern syria turkey and russia have troops on the ground there but they're supporting opposite sides russia supports the syrian government while turkey has backed rebels fighting the regime of president bashar al assad well as you arrived in moscow area one phrase would you called. it relations with russia turkey wants both sides to agree to a cease fire during the meeting to ease the situation and live. and we can take you now to do. is in the moscow monitoring those talks for you emily what are these leaders trying to signal with this meeting well ahead of their talks both leaders talked about the importance of easing tensions in is live and as you mentioned editor on head of the meeting said that there would be that he hoped for a cease fire ahead of the meeting the russian side the russian foreign minister talked about trying to return to the is a live agreements from 2018 that's when basically russia and tu

that turkey might even start withdrawing its heavy weaponry a cease fire was arranged last week by vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart after fighting intensified in at the end of february turkey became involved in an escalation with the syrian army after 33 of its soldiers were killed in an air strike our sister channel are to arabic has been traveling with patrols along the border. hope i have the car you did now we fly over the u.s. i did one of the russian internet. problems the reserve. near the american soldiers position with. a. lot of men put in hasn't ruled out staying in power if that's what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m.p. as the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution however the president said it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month and it would also have to be approved by the constitutional court my colleague and a farmer was given all the details of. so my reported mr putin say exactly well his speech his address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendmen

. >> russian president vladimir putin delivered remarks on his country's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he talked about steps his government was taking to provide economic relief, including bolstering social safety net programs, providing direct cash payments to families, and boosting small and medium businesses. president putin also announced the country would delay voting on reforms to the russian constitution that included a measure that could extend vladimir putin's term in office through 2036. russian]ing president putin: we cannot block the spread of the disease. due to objective reasons. but we already do a lot. we work professionally in an organized manner, we work proactively to deal with the problem and our priorities here, the health of our people. we deployed a highly efficient system for preventive treatment and diagnosis. we are applying everything we have. nurses, doctors, health care professionals, working in hospitals, emergency units, and scientists as well. you are on the front line today. i would like to thank every one of you for your committed and dedicat

to stop the fighting in syria is live from gets it came after talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and turkish president richard gere there was the leaders back opposing sides in serious conflict and are trying to reduce tensions after turkish troops were reportedly killed by syrian forces last week also coming up a standoff is growing over migrants and refugees at the border between turkey and greece turkey is deploying a 1000 special troops to prevent greek border guards from pushing back people who are trying to enter europe. i'm brink off it's good to have you with us tonight a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria turkish president to one and russian president vladimir putin say they have agreed to a cease fire for the countries we could live region that ceasefire takes effect at midnight tonight the deal was announced after 6 hours of talks between. the 2 leaders today in moscow. earlier we spoke with our russia correspondent really sure when about that meeting but these talks seem to have been rather tense they went on for over 6 hours 1st there was a tete

the constitutional limit of the number of presidential terms anyone president can serve and here vladimir putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. society should have guarantees that the regular changes. we need to think about future generations will do should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution and the number of presidents returned to look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected something better to come of it and every time what they got was the opposite of corruption mass deaths it's been hectic not only putin says there's no more appetite for revolutions in russia but people want change and this is you know this is inside everyone of us we want you blood and he says the point of a limit to the number of times a president can serve is to make sure that there's new ideas new faces coming into the government all the time taking russia into a new level evolving and helping keep up with the times but last me a putin was also asked of another potential constitutional ame

vladimir putin took over, and peaceful relations. >> we wanted to make russia a normal thing and russia has specialized a week hand. >> on both sides of the aisle, democrats and conservatives, as they get rich they get moderate and a strategic partner. they haven't evolved in that way. >> i'm suggesting the dragon is back. they operate in a different way. >> the trump administration's national security strategy. for those terms, what we referred to as dragons, rogue powers and nonstate g hardy actors, and the strategy recognizing those threats, are they saying the same thing? >> it is going in the same direction in a less erudite ways. i would love for people to take away from the conversation about the nss, we sent to the conversation on this panel. as we talk about american strategy against snakes and dragons, that these are the wages of our success. they were given to the edges of the conflict spectrum because we are so dominant and on the hirings of the escalation matter. they thought they could win a war against western militaries and they were given to the edges of the conflict sp

how much does vladimir putin have on him in respect his own budget?r its the past few years have worked to kind of reduce the reliance on oil revenue. 2014-2015 after the oil crash. whereade some changes they were not so dependent. that is probably given him a bit more confidence to go after saudi arabia and also the u.s. in this price war. they have made those changes. question, we have both saudi arabia and russia opening the spigot, ramping up production. can they afford to do that forever? where are they going to store all that oil? >> yes, that is one of the main concerns. world over a lot of this coming oil is out of the market. refineries are shutting down, they are not producing as much fuel, so where is this going to go? one option is ships but that costs as well. there are online storage facilities but increasingly we are facing the risk where they will essentially top off and there is the possibility that some physical oil prices could go negative which would effectively mean producers will have to pay buyers to take it out of their hands.

would like to get some concessions from the russian president vladimir putin about particularly those issues a buffer zone to protect the turkish borders a safe zone so that the hundreds of thousands of people stranded on the border can go back to their own villages and homes were talking about areas that stretch from saddle. all the way west towards and moderates and amount to the northern border with turkey and they're hoping with what we took and they're hoping to be able to get guarantees from the russians that the syrian army will maintain a position behind the demilitarized zone so that the military the turkish military outposts which are operating in different parts of the province of protect and save is going to be an extremely delicate mission for the turkish president but this is he seems to be. determined this is one of the things that need to happen before there is a deal with the russians. thank for that but so does there is such a mob out of there live from what i found out there has spoken to the president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent so

cease fire in syria is in the province the breakthrough follows talks in moscow between president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart red chip tire peridot one of the leaders back opposite sides in serious conflict they're trying to come tensions after the killing of dozens of turkish troops raised the risk of an expanded conflict also coming up over an alps in the us elizabeth warren ends her campaign for the democratic presidential nomination will find out how the progressive senator's departure could reshape the race plus under lockdown italy takes its rustic measures close to schools and universities across the nation after the number of deaths from the program virus surpasses 100. on the ark thanks for being with us we begin with breaking developments a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria turkish presence redshift thai air to watch and russian president vladimir putin say they have agreed on a cease fire for the country's live breacher to take effect at midnight well the deal was announced after some 6 hours of talks between the 2 leaders in moscow is let's get y

the turkish president is told talks with vladimir putin on thursday.ian forces. turkey also said it could no longer cope with the amount of refugees streaming out of syria and opened its borders to those moments wishing to reach europe. 0ur correspondent reports from the greek side of the turkish border. the route overland to europe has been given new life by turkey's president. this road runs very close to the border between greece and turkey. there are a couple of official crossing points which are now closed and heavily protected, but there are, we've been told, plenty of other places along this stretch where people can get through. as the icy rain falls, we come across a family group from afghanistan. pawns in a geopolitical crisis, and now shivering and alone. they tell us they've been bussed up to the border by the turkish authorities, and then crossed into greece by cutting the barbed wire on the borderfence. further down the road, we find a group of west africans. they say they walked along a dirt track to get here, evading tear gas and border

holding for now the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's leader raja typo on this all happened in moscow the 2 back opposing sides in the syrian conflict they have agreed to establish a 12 calmer wide security corridor along it lives in 4 highway which connects the government stronghold of latakia was serious financial hub aleppo and also great on a joint patrol along that motorway later this month syrian government offensive in it live has pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkey's border it's not clear how or when they'll be able to return to their homes we start with step pozen on the talks in moscow. it was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between put an end to one which was carefully nurtured in the past appear tense now the detectives and russian military facing each other in italy and turkish and syrian forces taking a high number of casualties but a direct confrontation has been averted for now with a cease fire if. we don't always agree with our turkish partne

vladimir putin meeting this dc octor a week ago to inspect the hospital.ow the doctor himself has tested positive for covid-19. he and the president spent the afternoon together in close cont act. no one is safe was the headline on russian tv. this virus has come so close to all of us,he says,r even ou president. russia is looking down. there will be tough penalties for breaking quarantine. up to seven years in prison. for the president, it's business as usual. the kremlin says there is no need to panic. the president is fine. system is built around one man, vladimir putin, any suggestion that his health may be put at risk makes those in power very nervous. >> in russia, it is not just a virus that is spreading, so his fake news about covid-19. this biologist has been telling russian media that the coronavirus could be a u.s. biological weapon and that the americans took out a patent for it.he where is evidence? >> but conspiracy theorists cannot mask the reality that to fight a virus, the world's largest country is shutting do. >>nxiety and rumors abound

russia's vladimir putin has postponed a constitutional referendum due to the outbreak is intended to extend the president's time in office putin called on russians to stay at home post economic assistance to those in need. the u.s. senate is set to vote on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the pandemic in the country emergency funding is aimed at keeping the world's biggest economy afloat and helping frontline medical workers. the united nations is warning that all of it so all of humanity is at risk from grown a virus and it's appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts the secretary general and tony caetera said it was in everybody's best interest to help the world's poorest nations. we must come to the aid of the author of. millions upon millions of people what least able to protect themselves this is a matter of basic human soul. and it is also crucial for combating. the world is obvious truong so because the system if you do not act decisively now i see the violence reception of full souls in the most fragile countries living in the world most probable as y

into effect the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's leader recha type hurdle on the 2 back opposing sides in the conflict reports from moscow. it was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between put an end to one which was carefully nurtured in the past appear tense now with the turkish and russian military facing each other in its lip and turkish and syrian forces taking a high number of casualties but a direct confrontation has been averted for now with a ceasefire that clear. we don't always agree with our turkish partners on what happens in syria but every time including all moments we manage to find common ground on controversial issues and find an acceptable solution based on the high level of our bilateral relations that's what's happened this time that. well negotiations in moscow were underway fighting and continued an airstrike blamed by opposition activists on russian warplanes killed 15 civilians including women and children a few hours before the landmark meeting

for transporting swen sway plan oil and ran by a close friends of vladimir putin with some folks asking is if this fight was brought on by putin reacting to u.s. sanctions. lauren: you have to put this against back drop of the coronavirus lower demanding for energy worldwide. a decline in travel worldwide because of the virus. so far this morning, crude oil is trading down at 32 dollars a barrel at one point it was under 30. well that cruise ship the grand princess quarantined for coronavirus will dock in okay land, california, today been hovering off the coast with thousands of passengers for days. cheryl: seeing california out their windows. aishah hasnie tells us what happens todays. good morning. reporter: good morning lauren, cheryl, so california's governor is stretionzing that his team still doesn't know exactly when that cruise liner will dock in okay land. but it should happen some time today. there are more than 20 people confirmed onboard to have the coronavirus. passenger who is need medical attention will get off first. but the coast guard has already medevaced with one not

vladimir putinho is.the face of social, political, military hardship has never given in. we saw it with sanctions in the west, we sought with erdogan, and he deals with power plays. the meeting last june was redundant, president putin came out with a meeting and announced the entire deal. he is called the world's energy czar, and he is living up to that title. matt: some have even theorized he successfully interfered in the u.s. election. certainly he was able to annex crimea. what do we know as far as the u.s. participation in this oil love triangle? i heard reports the kremlin was happy about the price war because it helps to push u.s. shale producers out of business. donald trump wants to buy oil there because it is cheap and it can help local producers. annmarie: we have already seen moscow try to hurt shale. texas is considering cutting production, that is huge. shale is feeling it. we are seeing downgrades and a lot of these producers. shale is feeling it. if texas cuts production, that from be a ma

. >> which would to be this weekend on "c-span2" russian president vladimir putin delivered remarks on the coronavirus in the mckinney talked about steps the government was taking to provide economic relief including fostering social safety net programs. providing direct payments to families and visiting small and medium businesses. and he also announced the country would delay voting on proposed reforms to the russian constitution. then including a measure which could extend this conclusions term in office through 2036. russian president vladimir putin: thanks to the measures that will be applied, we have been banding up the spreading of the disease but we need to understand that russia due to the geographical position, cannot isolate fully from the rest of the world. in our borders and have countries to really damaged by the coronavirus.

but in a country where the whole system is built around one man, vladimir putin, any suggestion thaty nervous. in russia, it's notjust the virus that's spreading. so is fake news about covid—19. this biologist has been telling russian media that coronavirus could be a us biological weapon, and that the americans took out a patent for it. but conspiracy theories cannot mask the reality. that to fight a virus, the world's largest country is shutting down. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. officials across india are searching for hundreds of people who attended a religious event that's been linked to dozens of coronavirus cases. at least six regions have reported infections directly traced to the gathering at a mosque. delhi officials are now clearing the building, where more than 1,000 people were stranded since the government imposed a lockdown last week. people at an event in delhi being sent for testing. some have died. the congregation was held before india's shutdown was ordered days after, a large number of people remained at the mosque. many are now showing symptoms of the dise